1.  Adventures of Ulysses with the Lotus Eaters and the Cyclops.

2.  Kingdom of the Winds and the Island of Circe.

3.  The visit to the Land of Shades.

4.  Song of the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis and the Oxen of the Sun.

5.  The Island of Calypso and the shipwreck on the coast of Phaeocia.

6.  Princess Nausicaa.

7.  Battle of the Beggars.

8.  Triumph of Ulysses.

Sources for the story teller:

  Homer.  Odyssey; tr. by W.C.  Bryant.

    Parts read or recited from this straightforward, dignified
     translation in blank verse will be appreciated by children.

Homer.  Odyssey; done into English prose by Butcher and Lang.

Homer; tr. by G.H.  Palmer.

Both the above are accepted classic prose translations.  The prose of Palmer is so direct, simple and rhythmic that a twelve-year-old child can enjoy it.  Butcher and Lang use an older English style in the endeavor to make the translation an accurate historical document.  The archaic language with its somewhat involved phrasing is confusing to children and makes it less readable than the Palmer translation.

Marvin.  Adventures of Odysseus.

This book is for boys and girls to read for themselves.  So much of the Homeric spirit is retained and it is so well done that it will be very suggestive in organizing and preparing stories from the Odyssey for oral rendition.

Stories from the Iliad.

1.  Cause of the Trojan war.

2.  The quarrel of the chiefs and the results.

3.  The duel of Paris and Menelaus. 
   The great battles and the death of Patroclus.

4.  Achilles in his sorrow vows vengeance on Troy. 
   The armor of Achilles.

5.  Death of Hector. 
   Priam and Achilles.

6.  The wooden horse and the end of the Trojan war.

Sources for the story teller:

  Homer.  Iliad; tr. into English by W.C.  Bryant. 
    An interesting, dignified and scholarly rendition into English
    blank verse.

  Homer.  The Iliad for boys and girls by A.J.  Church. 
    The Iliad translated into direct and simple prose.

  Homer.  Stories from the Iliad by H.L.  Havell. 
    The atmosphere and spirit of the Iliad are well kept in
    this most excellent prose version of the Iliad.  It may be
    used with older boys and girls and is a valuable aid in the
    preparation of the stories.

NORSE CYCLE STORIES.

Norse Myths

1.  Beginning of all things.

2.  How Odin lost his eye.  How Odin brought the mead to Asgard.

3.  Sif’s hair.

4.  Iduna’s apples.

5.  Thor and the Frost giants.

6.  Balder and the Mistletoe.